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On 27 October 2010, the Archbishop of Salvador announced that the Congregation for the Causes of Saints had recognized a miracle attributed to her intersession, paving the way for her to be beatified. The pope officially approved on 10 December 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://oglobo.globo.com/cidades/mat/2010/12/10/papa-bento-xvi-promulga-beatificacao-de-irma-dulce-923244988.asp|title=Papa Bento XVI promulga beatificação de Irmã Dulce |publisher=[[O Globo]] (Brazil) |language=Portuguese |date=2010-12-10}}</ref> Pontes was beatified in a [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] on 22 May 2011, in Salvador, Bahia. The Mass was presided over by the Archbishop of Salvador and the Primate of Brazil, Cardinal [[Geraldo Majella Agnelo]], who conducted the beatification by mandate of Pope Benedict XVI; the service was attended by about 70,000 people. President [[Dilma Rousseff]] and Governor [[Jaques Wagner]] also attended.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://oglobo.globo.com/cidades/mat/2011/05/22/irma-dulce-beatificada-na-bahia-924511823.asp |title=Irmã Dulce é beatificada na Bahia |publisher=[[O Globo]] (Brazil) |language=Portuguese |date=2011-05-22}}</ref>
On 13 May 2019, Congregation of Saints Prefect Angelo Becciu approved a miracle needed to make her a saint.<ref name=becciufrancis /><ref name=catholicnewsannppre /> The decree recognizing the second miracle was then signed by Pope Francis, thus ensured that Pontes would be canonized.<ref name=becciufrancis /><ref name=catholicnewsannppre /> It was announced on 1 July 2019 that Pontes would be canonized with four others on 13 October 2019
==See also==
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